3. Channel Groups (optional)

Detailed Description

Bring in this functions if you have set supportsChannelGroups to true
This is used to divide available addon channels into groups, which can then be selected by the user.

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Channel group parts in interface:
Copy this to your project and extend with your parts or leave functions complete away where not used or supported.

Function Documentation

GetChannelGroupsAmount()

virtual PVR_ERROR GetChannelGroupsAmount ( int & amount )

inlinevirtual

Get the total amount of channel groups on the backend if it supports channel groups.

Parameters

[out]

amount

The total amount of channel groups on the backend

Returns

PVR_ERROR_NO_ERROR if the amount has been fetched successfully.

Remarks

Required if supportsChannelGroups is set to true.

GetChannelGroups()

virtual PVR_ERROR GetChannelGroups ( bool radio, kodi::addon::PVRChannelGroupsResultSet & results )

inlinevirtual

Get a list of available channel groups on addon.

Request the list of all channel groups from the backend if it supports channel groups.

Parameters

[in]	radio	True to get the radio channel groups, false to get the TV channel groups.
[out]	results	List of available groups on addon defined with class PVRChannelGroup, them transferred with class PVRChannelGroupsResultSet.

Returns

PVR_ERROR_NO_ERROR if the list has been fetched successfully.

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The following table contains values that can be set with class PVRChannelGroup :

Name	Type	Set call	Get call	Usage
Group name	std::string	SetGroupName	GetGroupName	required to set
Is radio	bool	SetIsRadio	GetIsRadio	required to set
Position	unsigned int	SetPosition	GetPosition	optional

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Remarks

Required if supportsChannelGroups is set to true.

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Example:

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PVR_ERROR CMyPVRInstance::GetChannelGroups(bool radio, kodi::addon::PVRChannelGroupsResultSet& groups)
{
  kodi::addon::PVRChannelGroup group;
  group.SetIsRadio(false);
  group.SetGroupName("My group name");
  group.SetPosition(1);
  ...
 
  // Give it now to Kodi
  results.Add(group);
  return PVR_ERROR_NO_ERROR;
}
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GetChannelGroupMembers()

virtual PVR_ERROR GetChannelGroupMembers ( const kodi::addon::PVRChannelGroup & group, kodi::addon::PVRChannelGroupMembersResultSet & results )

inlinevirtual

Get a list of members on a group.

Request the list of all group members of a group from the backend if it supports channel groups.

Parameters

[in]	group	The group to get the members for.
[out]	results	List of available group member channels defined with class PVRChannelGroupMember, them transferred with PVRChannelGroupMembersResultSet.

Returns

PVR_ERROR_NO_ERROR if the list has been fetched successfully.

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The following table contains values that can be set with class PVRChannelGroupMember :

Name	Type	Set call	Get call	Usage
Group name	std::string	SetGroupName	GetGroupName	required to set
Channel unique id	unsigned int	SetChannelUniqueId	GetChannelUniqueId	required to set
Channel Number	unsigned int	SetChannelNumber	GetChannelNumber	optional
Sub channel number	unsigned int	SetSubChannelNumber	GetSubChannelNumber	optional
Order	int	SetOrder	GetOrder	optional

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Remarks

Required if supportsChannelGroups is set to true.

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Example:

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PVR_ERROR CMyPVRInstance::GetChannelGroupMembers(const kodi::addon::PVRChannelGroup& group,
                                                 kodi::addon::PVRChannelGroupMembersResultSet& results)
{
  for (const auto& myGroup : m_myGroups)
  {
    if (myGroup.strGroupName == group.GetGroupName())
    {
      for (unsigned int iChannelPtr = 0; iChannelPtr < myGroup.members.size(); iChannelPtr++)
      {
        int iId = myGroup.members.at(iChannelPtr) - 1;
        if (iId < 0 || iId > (int)m_channels.size() - 1)
          continue;
 
        PVRDemoChannel &channel = m_channels.at(iId);
        kodi::addon::PVRChannelGroupMember kodiGroupMember;
        kodiGroupMember.SetGroupName(group.GetGroupName());
        kodiGroupMember.SetChannelUniqueId(channel.iUniqueId);
        kodiGroupMember.SetChannelNumber(channel.iChannelNumber);
        kodiGroupMember.SetSubChannelNumber(channel.iSubChannelNumber);
 
        results.Add(kodiGroupMember);
      }
    }
  }
  return PVR_ERROR_NO_ERROR;
}
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TriggerChannelGroupsUpdate()

void TriggerChannelGroupsUpdate ( )

inline

Callback to Kodi Function
Request Kodi to update it's list of channel groups.

Remarks

Only called from addon itself